Tech – Science News https://www.sciencenews.org INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM SINCE 1921 Thu, 07 May 2026 18:17:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/cropped-favicon.jpg?w=32 Tech – Science News https://www.sciencenews.org 32 32 250169482 25 people learned to fly with virtual wings. Here’s how the brain changed https://www.sciencenews.org/article/virtual-wings-brain-changes Thu, 07 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3170051 3170051 Can AI help doctors avoid missed diagnoses? A new study suggests yes https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-help-doctors-help-diagnoses Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3170418 3170418 The Proof in the Code traces efforts to digitally verify mathematical truths https://www.sciencenews.org/article/the-proof-in-the-code-ai-math-book Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3169968 3169968 Is AI bad for critical thinking? It depends on when you use it https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-timing-critical-thinking-study Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:01:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3169766 3169766 Welcome to the weird world of AI agent teams https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-agent-teams-fail-succeed-bots-chaos Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3168440 3168440 NASA races to have the first moon base and nuclear-propulsion spacecraft https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nasa-moon-base-nuclear-propulsion-spacecraft Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:42:52 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3168495 3168495 AI may be giving teens bad nutrition advice https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-teen-nutrition-advice-chatbot-diet-food Thu, 12 Mar 2026 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3167838 3167838 AI auto-complete may subtly shape views on social issues https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-autocomplete-social-issues-views Wed, 11 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3167802 3167802 Robots with fingernails can grasp thin edges https://www.sciencenews.org/article/robots-fingernails-grasp-thin-edges Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3167504 3167504 Machine learning streamlines the complexities of making better proteins https://www.sciencenews.org/article/machine-learning-better-proteins Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3167116 3167116 Have we entered a new age of AI-enabled scientific discovery? https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-enabled-science-discovery-insight Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3166995 3166995 The Story of Stories traces the arc of storytelling across human history https://www.sciencenews.org/article/the-story-of-stories-book-storytelling Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3166857 The Story of Stories, technologist Kevin Ashton explores how storytelling has evolved and why stories matter. ]]> 3166857 Real-world medical questions stump AI chatbots https://www.sciencenews.org/article/medical-advice-ai-chatbots-symptoms Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3166985 3166985 AI helps archaeologists solve a Roman gaming mystery https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-roman-board-game-limestone Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:01:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3166795 3166795 AI models spot deepfake images, but people catch fake videos https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-models-deepfakes Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3166328 3166328 AI tool AlphaGenome predicts how one typo can change a genetic story https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-tool-alphagenome-predicts-genetics Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3166335 3166335 This detached hand robot has a thing for skittering on its fingertips https://www.sciencenews.org/article/detached-hand-robot-fingertips-ai Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3166075 3166075 Computer science can help abuse and trafficking survivors regain safety https://www.sciencenews.org/article/domestic-abuse-human-trafficking-tech Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3165654 3165654 A quantum trick helps trim bloated AI models https://www.sciencenews.org/article/quantum-tensor-network-ai-model-relief Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:30:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3163739 3163739 Mosquitoes use it to suck blood. Researchers used it to 3-D print https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mosquito-proboscis-3d-printing Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3163373 3163373